Show hrom brom from the new york tribune june 2 THE MORMONS ONS DEFENDED 1 BRIGHAM XOUNG YOUNGS 13 GRANDSON ANSWERS MRS vins PADDOCK raddock 3 MORMON TRAINING DEVOTION TO THE constitution THE tian MOUNTAIN taun mr mra MEADOW MASSACRE to the editor of oiw olm tribuna tribune sir in the tiie tribune of larch march 1 SO mrs laddo paddock k discusses cli cil cusses the mormon question with great wealth of ideas and dearth of facts the author of the fate of madame la tour is a fit writer for such a letter perhaps be ber ben living unquestionably all of her tier reputation depends upon the complexion she slie gives to it in consideration of which it may inay be invidious to suggest hurest that her ller views are not entirely unbiased ual uni ased nor her ller moth muthus f free ree f froia roia question with our permission lavill I 1 will an unvarnished tale deliver of the reason of my devotion to the cause canse of a misrepresented people I 1 was born in salt like laky city in 16 my nuy parents were later day saints I 1 remained in utah until six years ago since then I 1 have bebenin buen been in constant contact with the influences fluen ces of the eastern states collegiate business and social aind rind and have thus been enabled to contemplate the peculiar people with whom nature and reason have cast my lot with the dis dispassion passion of distance anU and changed associations Is it possible that in mere quest questions lops of fact I 1 say nothing of reil reli religion lon ion I 1 have been so grossly deceived my senses have been so inexplicably bly dulled and misdirected that I 1 have only seen virtue where vice was light liht where egyptian darkness prevailed it is not possible and as I 1 expect to render my account to my maker I 1 thail that I 1 present matters faithfully as I 1 have seen them mormonism nisin in its every phase from idaho to arizona is familiar to me not only in the home but in the workshop and the church having delivered my credentials I 1 shall proceed to the matters at issue in my earlier years before the advent of the railroad and the tte civilizing influences of christianity we were ivere free f re e from whiskey shops gamblers and houses of ili iii repute there were no thieves and people did not dream of lockin locking their doors jails jalis were empty what few policemen there were grew fat in indolence and this was in a frontier country wherein it lias has been the rule for lawlessness and murder to reign supreme with rigor ago r the mormon youth were taught the lessons and shown the examples of sobriety ho honesty nety peace uprightness an i 1 charitableness not only to one another but to the stranger within their gates respect for old a age e and for women avas was an important feature of our instruction we were raised in the school of patriotism and listened with pride to the story of the mormon battalion in the mexican war to the story of the raising of the american flag upon ensign peak above salt lake city when the country was still mexican f ry our grievances had not been a against al t governments but against mobs icv I 1 have e heard it preached a thousand times from the pulpit that the constitution of the united states was in by the almighty no idea has been more firmly impressed upon the mormon mind uan man the necessity of rendering themselves entirely subject to con constitutional government in the book of doctrine and covenants which above all books or teaching is standard among the latter day saints are found many passa passages fes ses the burden of chica is that the constitution and the laws should b respected we are there told we ive believe that all re religious limous so societies cities have a right to deal with their geir members for disorder disorderly lr conduct aco according ordin 1 to the rules ruiea and regulations of such boci societies eiles provided that such dealings bo be for fellowship and good standing but wo we do not believe that any religious society has authority to lo try men on the ri ht of property or life to take from them this wolds wold a boods goods or to put them in it jeopardy of either I 1 life ilfe of limb neither to inflict in tet iet auy any physical punishment upon uron them they can only onty excommunicate them t I 1 iem lem from their society and withdraw from them their fellowship the condition of affairs in utah is often misrepresented the associated assoni abed press being particularly unreliable it is a foregone that any anti mormon twist facts are capable of will be made and non residents furnished with a distorted account no more certain proof of the tolerant nature of the people can be found than in a re ferance to the bitter character of the opposition press in salt lake ono one paper or another has existed there since my earliest recollection whose pleasure it was to malign with all possible bitterness and personality sona lity the character of our leaders and the nature of our religion it is not ion lon long iong since the organ which now represents the revolutionary element in salt lake advocated in a leadin leading i editorial the plan of tempting mormon boys to drunkenness and debauchery and of luring IN mormon lormon girls to rum ruin and shame urging that such would better be their end than that they should remain Mor mormons cormons lor mons did ever i a more damnable doctrine of hate and immorality remain unpunished in any community other than one accustomed to meekly bear the spurns put upon them punishment would have been complete and summary but the 31 mormon ormon being a proscribed party must walk an exemplary life for the lightest trifles urged against him become more strong than proofs of holy writ apostates have ever lived in utah III in peace and security all statements in ants to the contrary notwithstanding tn it fi is the testimony of judge black that our territorial government has been conducted with surprising purity wisdom and ustice lus tibe simple simpie in ats t asma machinery and impartial in its laws its bur burdens defir arc are light and its protection universal no cheating at elections no official defalcations no special taxes I 1 and not a dollar of public debt one instance of dishonesty disgraces the ahe record at a certain election the I 1 liberals or americans these being the honest colors under which the utah uvall political freebooters love to salil sail sall got possession of a county lacounty cou court rt aul and ana oy by a criminal usurpation of power voted liberally luw lum to too their probate judge jude for tor expenses ill in contesting thereat the seat of the to the j legislature from that county dunin this administration county paper fell percent 50 per cent A startling misuse of the only ai 11 authority 11 at hority ever acquired by bv the oni 1 liberals I at 1 I 1 s and one which points a moral I 1 by the last census our a position is well weli up amon among the states and beyond our sister territories the common schools of utah are bre not mor nor mon schools except in inthe the fea feature tiare na natural ural urai enough consi considering deAng the DM re of mormons cormons Mor mons thit tuli teacher and scholars aro ure usually ol of jha tha that t per ber suasion they arc are open su tall alik anc au c and as free as possible f im improper roper in nonsectarian non sectarian schools berleve believe belleve that I 1 can refer with P ride ie to the busi busl business hiess fiess reputation of 0 om theople at home in utah and obrea abroad ob road we are accused of persist at ten tempting I 1 epting to nullify the la lawi L the united states the forst first loff C ce ich were alleged against us we e se which led to the mormon 0 w af 1857 1837 58 38 we respects respectfully ily lly arg r public opinion was mial misled and an su ois oha against us by various argenta t 10 ns as for instance in t theakle c a bious that we bad destroyed th thas and records of the courts chic which v vere e i subsequently found intact that th e I 1 immediate cause of this needles ft tion which began begam in report ended oni only u in was Avas pr trea treasonable sona soDa ble bie desire of secretary olvy floyd to put the bulk of he army r en dl vast quantities of munitions of isar ivar wany of the way of impending ho st lle lie it I 1 esl tween the states j the cant anti antl polygamy 0 aga y law a of 14 unquestionably disregarded because the prevailing rev ailin atlin opinion pi on of f its unco uncoil but ut the e supreme supreme che cre has said we were wro wrong 9 but the c of last resort has not proven ven itse itsell fallible and we may hope pe in case reargument that the question wi N considered more inore in its relations t to rights of others which must b basis bahls ot of conclusion ithan its relation the sentiments of the me majority bli bil mu ali dittes according to matthew matthe A A atou ammu are generally wrong certainly ingol eions are ever unpopular the rold fold bill among the first to strip fri fra the mormon his political rights la never met with opposition avertt shaffers proclamation f forbidding bidding or til 5 militia to drill althou although h directly op posed ased to article II 11 11 of the ras gas has been obediently observed th A edmunds Edmund slaw siaw law on the testimony of ta commission kas bas has not been oppose though as alleged by senator browl of geor georgia gla gia unconstitutional in atles aties a balf half dozen respects it maybe adda however that in several cases who persons dersons who have never violated 2 ai fa law w have been heen deprived of their phin prin leges under this bill by the decisions of the commissioners courts have been appealed to governor murray who on one om oca sion assumed to exercise the consi itt dional right of congress to judge of oft I 1 qualifications of its own members issuing a certificate of election to I 1 candidate who received 1300 imo votes 0 of I 1 has without question sn r mia presented the laws of utah in ia seve eve eye important res respects acts ife jfe e finds a aivao wal wat defender in mrs paddock choss she Is ar acquainted with the of this distin distinguished dished as well vell as that of V president taylor tallor 0 the mormon ormon church As the f I 1 governor murray I 1 know of no wik vir avit courso course this lady could have pursa thau than to fall to say anything about I 1 career and her letter is significant silent we must always accept ml paddock cum grano saus salis for is not a writer of fiction by concerning mr taylor he wai was wasa i france not in MG 1856 but some six yer yes ye earlier and any denial byi him of J latter day saint belief in plural ms ariage was made before it was annoti annoni ed as a mormon doctrine E elder eider 1 d er 0 ort ori pratt published this as a fea feature tr e f faith has carly as 1853 in the thu cit cian washington president taylor is i brayed as a bully a character wi as from his own as possible a fact v yul yuu all attest who have ever listenik listener this gent lemans discourse or coh con boag bation H with regard to the clour mountain men mew massacre it is true that bri brig youn young was governor at the time it must remembered that fisl 0 term was put an end boand the ju at al business of the territory sus BUS haspe by the approach of johnstons moreover ver ever since the close of ennor youngs last term the go ors attorneys and judges esce the probate courts have beefs eez firmly non mormon but why h yv asked did not the probate courtat Cour tit vesti gate this affair the ansas SWO that a mormon acquittal ot laoc leaders would have been pointed A I 1 a travesty on justice regard regardless righteousness of the decision slun slon yil brigham young to api appese a probate court were at aiu presumption of his guilt guilta MP him to seek judgment in ai ast ait states court was avas prima facie WN eli edd of his innocence and it is that he made a er peal to thearsa the first judges aud and aua ana torney that came to U utah la h anttn attn e mormon war wai to t 0 ln black crime offering to assi assist t I 1 every possible mauner manner veagie such suc buchus ius lui rn t I 1 were made m ad e ear vear after rea reason son of fion non noa yel ael 1 placed in the worst pos ros possibly possible 1 when the investigation howard who has just juht by president arthur arthun as chief sw justice Arl ari arizona zorta zoria and who was alwa alvs q his opposition to the I 1 datter a Latter tier saints te testified stifled that I 1 ah had ahalt had thu the assistance any an could nto earth and that he lle had hud glen gien tb earth an 1 na I 1 is erable crabie r ble bie ide roving proving that the marmoll Mor moll new knew nothing of the butchery butchers w ad 1 after it was isas committed J ne M quainter quain ted with the breadth f fi fid s strength of c character har acter an th halove i humanity which character char characterized aCte le Z SO sio e I 1 neatly the late briss story ajr 0 y of his connection with this butchery y needs no disproof it if those who are not nis his friends refuse to admit that lie he was too righteous they must agree was too politic respectfully R W YOUNG U S army amy WN trw york may 17 |